Brown earns £60K for 50-minute speech... about the economic crisis

Daily Mail
"Gordon Brown gave his first paid speech since leaving Downing Street yesterday, earning an estimated £60,000.Mr Brown – who has barely been seen in public since he stepped down as Prime Minister in May – was a keynote speaker at a summit in New Delhi, the Indian capital.He gave a 50-minute speech on the global economic crisis and how to prevent another one, which is estimated to have earned him around £1,200 per minute.Other speakers included the Dalai Lama and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. A source said that Mr Brown was chosen because David Miliband – who lost the Labour leadership battle to his brother Ed – turned down the invitation."